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New Members - User Registrations

Due to increased spammer activity, we have been left with no choice but to disable the user registration form for new membership requests. Guests with a genuine desire to register at The OutPost and join discussions here should contact a staff member directly at top.staff at theoutpostforum.com (without the spaces and with the @ sign). We reserve the right to consult spam databases and refuse membership at our discretion.

We have tried to find a balance between allowing people to join and keeping spammers and hackers out, and have been quite successful in doing so, until now. We were using a system where we allowed user registrations, and these registrations were first checked automatically (i.e. by a program). That kept 98% of the spammers / hackers out. We then manually vetted the remaining 2%, which is a process of some minutes per registration.
Slowly, however, the amount of spammers / hackers trying to get in, has been increasing. At present, we have reached a point where we are getting between 4 000 and 5 000 attempts per day. This effectively means that it has become a half-time job to keep the spammers/hackers out.

We apologize for any inconvenience and hope to return to automatic registration at some point in the future. Thank you for your understanding.

UPDATE 31 March 2016: note the new email address!!!

An opinion should be the result of thought, not a substitute for it.
- Jef Mallett

In the mean time, if you would like to sign up, you can apply for membership by sending a mail to top.staff at theoutpostforum.com

In it, you should mention:
1. the user name you would want to use
2. your date of birth, to be compliant with COPPA legislation
3. the email address you would like to use in your interactions with the forum.

UPDATED 31 March 2016: note the new email address!!!

An opinion should be the result of thought, not a substitute for it.
- Jef Mallett